Madge Lake Fishing Guide, Greater Sudbury, Ontario

• Overview

  Madge Lake is one of the Greater Sudbury waters in Ontario. The bank is 421 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 7 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Greater Sudbury list holds plenty of bigger water. Capreol is the closest town at 31 km. Valley East follows at 36 km, then Rayside-Balfour at 42 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Madge Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Greater Sudbury cover smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, pumpkinseed and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Anyone new to Madge Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -15°C on the long-run figures. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Expect Madge Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Frog Lake at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Madge Lake as something to verify.